Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning lines up a shot at a Team Canada practice in Sochi, Russia, on Monday. Will St. Louis get a chance to take target practice on Syracuse Crunch goalie Kristers Gudlevskis, who will stop pucks for Latvia?
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"There are so many things you are dealing with, teams that are matched up shortly before playing their first game. How quickly can they develop chemistry?'' BriseBois said. "You have the pressure of the Olympics. Who knows how the players are going to deal with it?''

As is the case with other organizations, the Lightning will have players going against each other. Panik, for instance, could be jamming Gudlevskis' crease. More interestingly, Gudas could look to lay out St. Louis with an open ice hit.

BriseBois said the players in these situations respect how each other plays and expect to compete as foes.

"You want both of them (opposing teammates) to do their jobs at the highest possible level, and you want both of them to have success,'' he said.